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I. (verb)

Meaning:

Nearly do something

Example:

She came close to quitting her job

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "come close" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Meaning:

Be close or similar

Example:

Her results approximate my own

Synonyms:

approximate; come close

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "come close" is one way to...):

resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come close"):

approach; border on (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something